Different Stock

[CWS]

Found a single pic and cropped it enough to get the kb count down...

[BCloninger]

Oh my. Let me see - is that a Texas rifle maybe?

Which action - 700 or 722 pattern - and what barrel?

[CWS]

It's a 722 pattern... built in October of 1957. (Anyone remember Sputnik?) Got it as a bbld action figuring to rebbl... made the mistake of dropping it in a test stock and testing it. Decided I'd cut and crown to get the wt down and try it again before buying a new bbl... I don't think many top line bbls will beat it enough to warrant changing. Had to do some ironing on the chamber/breech area.... it'd been dry-fired a lot but I don't think it'd been shot that much. Remington is generous with their firing pin protrusion so you never want to dry fire a 40X... no good will come of it.

[BCloninger]

Okay, you have my attention! How long is the barrel? And it makes weight for Hunter class? Is the 722 pattern 40x lighter than the 700 pattern 40x?

[CWS]

The bbl was cut and crowned @ 21.5" where it was .780" diameter and with the other (see original post) improvements it makes wt easily. Shown wearing B-Square rings and a Weaver T-24... there are lighter arrangements out there. It has no butt pad, just a carbonfiber plate (from Mark P) and some non-skid tape. The 722 is no lighter than the 700 action... both are pretty hefty. It does have a shorter bolt handle by a little. Shown here with the other 40X... a 700 action for comparison... showing the different bolt handles.

[BCloninger]

Thank you for the information! Those are beautiful rifles, thanks for sharing them.

[steveyacht]

Very, Very Nice. I prefer South Carolina Indigo Blue, but......................................